In the recent L.A. Times article I appeared in, I was quoted as saying (in reference to paid blogging):

“People talk about how we’re destroying the credibility of the Internet,” Caldwell said. “Let me tell you — there are a lot worse things happening online.”

What “worse things” you ask? How about the teens in Denver that killed someone, and blogged about it? Bryan Grove (17) and Tess Damn (15) conspired to kill Tess’ mother, Linda, and then blogged about the crime afterwards on MySpace.

This reminds me SO much of a crime committed here in Tampa a few years back, when Valessa Robinson and her boyfriend, Adam Davis, conspired to kill Valessa’s mom, Vicki. One big exception of course…Robinson and her boyfriend didn’t have blogs. I wonder if the blogs and entries will be used in the trial against Grove and Damn?